May 2003
Tenant Helps Care for Ill Mother
New Oil Storage Tank
Landlord Must Continue to Charge Preferential Rent
Court Extends Delay of Eviction
Tenant Replaced Defective Kitchen Appliances
Landlord Must Return Balance of Deposit to Tenant
Nonrenewal Notice Gave Enough Facts
Building Sold Before Violation Notice Issued
Tenant Tripped on Broken Asphalt
Landlord Submitted DEP Certificate to Operate New Boiler/Burner
Apartment Used for Illegal Sale of Drugs
Tenants Claim Fire Caused by Landlord's Negligence
Landlord Can't Rely on Nonrenewal Notice from Prior Discontinued Case
No Certificate of Approval for New Oil Storage Tank
Landlord Proved Sheetrock Tied for Collection
Tenant Can't Get Prejudgment Interest
Tenant Gets Fees for Settled Case
Lintel Replacement by Itself Doesn't Qualify
New Flooring Qualifies
Tenant Deliberately Damaged Apartment
No Fees to Occupant for Opposing Landlord's Appeal
No Evidence that Violation Notice Affixed to Building
Cardboard Boxes Not Properly Put Out for Collection
Containers Missing Labels
Landlord Had No Notice of Dog's Vicious Tendencies
Tenant Claims Multiple Dwelling Registration Statement Invalid
Boxes Didn't Come from Landlord's Building
Apartment Decontrolled in 1977
Civil Court Can't Award Damages for Illegal Eviction Claim
New Kitchen Floor, Refrigerator, and Medicine Cabinet
Kitchen Was Adequately Heated
Tenant's Wife Needn't Be Named in Ejectment Action
Tenant Bound by Court-Approved Settlement Agreement
Landlord Didn't Meet Useful Life Requirement for New Elevators
Comments of Landlord's Daughter Don't Amount to Discrimination
No Illegal Sublet to Tenant's Brother
Garage Space Required
Plaster and Repair Work Considered Ordinary Maintenance and Repair
New Copper Risers Not Installed As Part of Rewiring
Landlord Didn't Prove Building Was Substantially Rehabilitated
Notice to Cure Not Required
Landlord Submitted Missing Documents
Passageway Between Building's Lobby and Bank Removed
Landlord Violated Court Order
Landlord Didn't Prove Cost of Repairs
Garage Lease Part of Original Lease
Landlord Needn't Install Operating Buzzer System
Apartment Temporarily Exempt on Base Date
Tenant Can't Vacate Warrant
Married Tenant's Girlfriend Gets Apartment
Landlord Eliminated Elevator Operators
Landlord Can't Get Rent for Storefront Used as Residence
Tenants Illegally Converted Space into Residence
Landlord Can't Convert Apartments to Homeless Housing
Tenant Can't Consolidate Warranty of Habitability Case with Nonpayment Case
Bathroom Sink Repaired
Work on Retaining Walls Doesn't Qualify
Tenant Needn't Pursue DHCR Case
Cost of Slabs Included
Drainage Work Doesn't Qualify
Tenant Gets Chance to Avoid Eviction by Paying Back Rent
Tenant Didn't File Challenge on Time
Landlord Claims Tenant Didn't Include Son's Income on Recertification
Cost of Stone Wall Replacement Included
Finding of Harassment Against Landlord
Nondesirability Case Pending Based on Actions of Tenant's Son
Lease Named Corporate Tenant
Landlord Can Collect Vacancy Increase from Second Successive Pass-On Tenant
Landlord Didn't Submit Gas Sign-Off
Roommate Can Sue Tenant for Overcharge
Landlord Can't Eliminate Parking Spaces
